Chapter 1; Medicine and Medical
Assisting
Chapter Review - correct answer ✔- Medical history reveals 150 years of
progress, with the most amazing strides made in the 20th century.
- Changes in the American health care system brought the necessity for highly
trained professionals.
- The health care team works together to deliver quality patient care and
remain financially sound.
- A graduate of an accredited medical assisting program can pursue
certification or registration, which brings increasing marketability in the health
care arena.
- By ensuring that educational levels are contently enhanced and by
continuing to grow professionally, the Medical Assistant graduate will prepare
for the challenge of a life-long career that is both fascinating and rewarding.
Accreditation - correct answer ✔a non-governmental professional peer
review process that provides technical assistance and evaluates educational
programs for quality based on pre-established academic and administrative
standards
Administrative - correct answer ✔pertaining to administration (e.g., office
procedures and non-clerical tasks that a Medical Assistant will perform)
Caduceus - correct answer ✔a symbol using a wand or staff with two
serpents coiled around it; sometimes used as the sign of the medical
profession (the more appropriate symbol has only one snake)
Certification - correct answer ✔a voluntary process that involves a testing
procedure to prove an individual's baseline competency in a particular area
,Clinical - correct answer ✔pertaining to direct patient care (e.g, non-
administrative tasks that a Medical Assistant will perform)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) - correct answer ✔credits awarded for
attendance at approved local and states AAMA meetings and seminars,
completion of guided study courses, and journal articles designed to submit a
posttest for CEU credit
Externship - correct answer ✔an educational course that allows the student
to obtain hands-on experience
Inpatient - correct answer ✔a medical setting in which patients are admitted
for diagnostic, radiographic, or treatment purposes
Laboratory - correct answer ✔a place where research, investigation, or
scientific tests take place
Medical Assistant - correct answer ✔trained in administrative, clinical, and
laboratory skills for the medical facility; a multi-skilled health professional who
performs a variety of clinical and administrative tasks in a medical setting
Multidisciplinary - correct answer ✔involving many disciplines; a group of
health care professionals from various specialties brought together to meet
the patient's needs
Multiskilled Health Professional - correct answer ✔an individual with versatile
training in the health care field
, Outpatient - correct answer ✔a medical setting in which patients receive care
but are not admitted
Recertification - correct answer ✔certification reviewed either by taking the
examination again or by completing a specified number of continuing
education units in a 5-year period
Specialty - correct answer ✔a subcategory of medicine, such as pediatrics,
studied after completion of medical school
Summarize the history of medicine. - correct answer ✔Tremendous
achievements in the general health, comfort, and well-being of patients have
been made just within the past 100- to 150-years, with the greatest advances
occuring in the 20th century.
Ancient Medical History:
- The earliest recorded evidence of medical history dates back to the early
Egyptians.
- Some of the early medications played a key role in the development of our
modern pharmacology.
- More than 1,000 years before Christ, Moses was appointed the first public
health officer.
- Aesculapius, Greek God of healing and the son of Apollo, had many
followers who used massage and exercise to treat patients.
- Around 400 B.C., Hippocrates practiced medicine and set high behavioral
standards for practicing physicians.
- The rule of the Roman Empire, from about 200 B.C. until its dissolution
several centuries later, brought great strides in public health.
- During the Dark Ages (400-800 A.D.) and through the Middle Ages (800-
1400 A.D.), few advances were made in the medical field.
Assisting
Chapter Review - correct answer ✔- Medical history reveals 150 years of
progress, with the most amazing strides made in the 20th century.
- Changes in the American health care system brought the necessity for highly
trained professionals.
- The health care team works together to deliver quality patient care and
remain financially sound.
- A graduate of an accredited medical assisting program can pursue
certification or registration, which brings increasing marketability in the health
care arena.
- By ensuring that educational levels are contently enhanced and by
continuing to grow professionally, the Medical Assistant graduate will prepare
for the challenge of a life-long career that is both fascinating and rewarding.
Accreditation - correct answer ✔a non-governmental professional peer
review process that provides technical assistance and evaluates educational
programs for quality based on pre-established academic and administrative
standards
Administrative - correct answer ✔pertaining to administration (e.g., office
procedures and non-clerical tasks that a Medical Assistant will perform)
Caduceus - correct answer ✔a symbol using a wand or staff with two
serpents coiled around it; sometimes used as the sign of the medical
profession (the more appropriate symbol has only one snake)
Certification - correct answer ✔a voluntary process that involves a testing
procedure to prove an individual's baseline competency in a particular area
,Clinical - correct answer ✔pertaining to direct patient care (e.g, non-
administrative tasks that a Medical Assistant will perform)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) - correct answer ✔credits awarded for
attendance at approved local and states AAMA meetings and seminars,
completion of guided study courses, and journal articles designed to submit a
posttest for CEU credit
Externship - correct answer ✔an educational course that allows the student
to obtain hands-on experience
Inpatient - correct answer ✔a medical setting in which patients are admitted
for diagnostic, radiographic, or treatment purposes
Laboratory - correct answer ✔a place where research, investigation, or
scientific tests take place
Medical Assistant - correct answer ✔trained in administrative, clinical, and
laboratory skills for the medical facility; a multi-skilled health professional who
performs a variety of clinical and administrative tasks in a medical setting
Multidisciplinary - correct answer ✔involving many disciplines; a group of
health care professionals from various specialties brought together to meet
the patient's needs
Multiskilled Health Professional - correct answer ✔an individual with versatile
training in the health care field
, Outpatient - correct answer ✔a medical setting in which patients receive care
but are not admitted
Recertification - correct answer ✔certification reviewed either by taking the
examination again or by completing a specified number of continuing
education units in a 5-year period
Specialty - correct answer ✔a subcategory of medicine, such as pediatrics,
studied after completion of medical school
Summarize the history of medicine. - correct answer ✔Tremendous
achievements in the general health, comfort, and well-being of patients have
been made just within the past 100- to 150-years, with the greatest advances
occuring in the 20th century.
Ancient Medical History:
- The earliest recorded evidence of medical history dates back to the early
Egyptians.
- Some of the early medications played a key role in the development of our
modern pharmacology.
- More than 1,000 years before Christ, Moses was appointed the first public
health officer.
- Aesculapius, Greek God of healing and the son of Apollo, had many
followers who used massage and exercise to treat patients.
- Around 400 B.C., Hippocrates practiced medicine and set high behavioral
standards for practicing physicians.
- The rule of the Roman Empire, from about 200 B.C. until its dissolution
several centuries later, brought great strides in public health.
- During the Dark Ages (400-800 A.D.) and through the Middle Ages (800-
1400 A.D.), few advances were made in the medical field.
